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Soviet / Russian space station: LEO: Deorbited 2001: 1986–2001 Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-117: 122,683 kg (270,470 lb) Heaviest flight of the Space Shuttle with S3/S4 truss. LEO: Retired: 1985–2011 Space Shuttle Columbia STS-93: 122,534 kg (270,141 lb) Chandra X-ray Observatory, launch: LEO: Lost: 1981–2003 Space Shuttle Atlantis STS-115: ...
The Space Shuttle is a ... (6 feet 11 inches) in length, it can hold two suited astronauts. It has two D-shaped hatchways 1.02 m (40 in) long (diameter), and 0.91 m ...
Crew size Length (m) Diameter (m) Launch mass (kg) Power system Generated power (W) Recovery method First spaceflight § Last spaceflight Flights § SpaceShipOne USA: Scaled Composites: 112 km X Prize: White Knight Hybrid Motor: 1: 8.53 8.05 3,600 Batteries Runway landing 2004: 2004: 3 [note 22] X-15 USA: North American Aviation: 108 km ...
The Space Shuttle orbiter is the spaceplane ... to an altitude of roughly 140,000 feet. [12 ... in some structural elements in order to reduce weight.
STS-130 (ISS assembly flight 20A) [7] was a NASA Space Shuttle mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Space Shuttle Endeavour 's primary payloads were the Tranquility module and the Cupola , a robotic control station with six windows around its sides and another in the center, providing a 360-degree view around the station. [ 8 ]
The longest orbital flight of the Shuttle was STS-80 at 17 days 15 hours, while the shortest flight was STS-51-L at one minute 13 seconds when the Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart during launch. The cold morning shrunk an O-Ring on the right Solid Rocket Booster causing the external fuel tank to explode.
With an overall length of about 29 feet (8.8 m) and wingspan of 23.5 feet (7.2 m), the HL-20 would be a much smaller craft than the Space Shuttle Orbiter; it could fit within the payload bay of the Shuttle with wings folded. Projected empty weight of the HL-20 was 23,000 pounds (10 t) compared to the Space Shuttle Orbiter's empty weight of ...
It would have had a larger payload bay with an additional 15 feet (4.6 m) in length giving it a payload capacity of 75 feet (23 m) and expected to carry payloads of up to 100,000 lb (45,000 kg). A new wing root and carry-through structure were designed to handle the additional weight at landing, keeping the outboard section of the original ...